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Brian Elder subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97415
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908 (date of original)-1936 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of copies of records compiled by Brian Elder on the history of the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908 (date of original)-1936 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Brian Elder subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-23
- BHS2001-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of copies of records compiled by Brian Elder on the history of the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER).
- History
- Brian Elder was a restoration volunteer for Friends of Interurban 1223.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Elder, Brian
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
Burnaby Municipality - Railway Franchises and Extensions
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65738
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1910 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages from a ledger describing telephone calls and decisions made regarding British Columbia Electric Railway "Franchises and Extensions" within the Municipality of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908-1910 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Brian Elder subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 42660
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-01
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages from a ledger describing telephone calls and decisions made regarding British Columbia Electric Railway "Franchises and Extensions" within the Municipality of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Early History of the British Columbia Electric Power System
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65650
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 20, 1936 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 programme (photocopied)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photocopy of a booklet entitled "Early History of The British Columbia Electric Power System in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia" an address given by A. Vilstrup, Chief Electrical Engineer, British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd, before the Vancouver Section of the American Insti…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 20, 1936 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Brian Elder subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 programme (photocopied)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42579
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-23
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photocopy of a booklet entitled "Early History of The British Columbia Electric Power System in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia" an address given by A. Vilstrup, Chief Electrical Engineer, British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd, before the Vancouver Section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Continuation of title: "...in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia"
Gay Nineties Bloom Again As Old Tram Rides Its Last
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58350
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a newspaper clipping which describes British Columbia Electric Railway Conductor Alvin Burtch's final run of the Burnaby Lake Line in 1953 in his 37th year of service.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Alvin Burtch subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS067-002
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-07
- Scope and Content
- Item is a newspaper clipping which describes British Columbia Electric Railway Conductor Alvin Burtch's final run of the Burnaby Lake Line in 1953 in his 37th year of service.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
interurban ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3337
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV989.37.5
- Description
- B.C. Electric Burnaby - Ticket. Brown coloured ticket for the British Columbia Electric Railway in Burnaby. The ticket is good for one Adult's fare at 3 for 25 cents within the the Burnaby fare zone. The ticket states that the fare would be good for a child if the ticket was over printed with "CHILD". Stamped on the front of the ticket is "379452". The ticket measures 3.5cm x 2cm.
- Object History
- Object was acquired by donor from the estate of his sister-in-law, Jean Low Scott, a long-time Burnaby resident.
- Colour
- Brown
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
Images
Legal documents
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65755
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains legal documents (mainly police reports) pertaining to a Burnaby Lake Interurban Accident July 12, 1953. Includes two scale drawings of Gilmore Avenue and the British Columbia Electric Railway crossing in relation to the accident.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS148-002
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2003-04
- Scope and Content
- File contains legal documents (mainly police reports) pertaining to a Burnaby Lake Interurban Accident July 12, 1953. Includes two scale drawings of Gilmore Avenue and the British Columbia Electric Railway crossing in relation to the accident.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
plaque
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36450
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV994.38.1
- Description
- Plaque. Badge shaped, made of ply-wooden, the background is painted yellow/tan and the lettering is black.
- Object History
- The plaque commemorates the history of the British Columbia Electric Railway in Burnaby, and the preservation of tram #1223 by the Burnaby Historical Society in 1958. Interurban tram No. 1223 has been restored by the joint efforts of the Friends of 1223 and Burnaby Village Museum. In March 2007 the tram was officially returned to Burnaby Village Museum and is currently on display, in a replica of a Tram Car Barn, at the Museum.
- Fraser Wilson hand lettered the sign.
- Marks/Labels
- "This Interurban Tram Car was built in 1913 by the St. Louis Car Co. for the British Columbia Electric Railway Co. and operated over that company's three lines in Burnaby until abandonment, November 1956. Throughout the nearly fifty years of its existence this tram and seventy similar cars carried many thousands of settlers and commuters and helped to build Burnaby into a thriving community of over 80,000"; "Dedicated and placed here by Burnaby Historical Society. Nov. 30th 1958", hand lettered.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Advertising Medium
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Images
Rails to Rubber Issue 1955
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66109
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 20, 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 newsletter
- Scope and Content
- Item is an issue of the weekly British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd. newsletter "The Buzzer" entitled " 'Rails to Rubber' Issue 1955." The history of transportation in Vancouver (from 1889 to 1954) is outlined in this issue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 20, 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 newsletter
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42711
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-22
- Scope and Content
- Item is an issue of the weekly British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd. newsletter "The Buzzer" entitled " 'Rails to Rubber' Issue 1955." The history of transportation in Vancouver (from 1889 to 1954) is outlined in this issue.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title